Bottle-stopper



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. S'. B. OPDYKE.

BTTLB STOPPBR.

N0. 321,448. Patented July '7, 1885.

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UNiTED STATES PA'rnN'r trice.

STACY B. OPDYKE, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

BOTTLE-STOPPER.

SPGI'EICATTON forming part of Letters Patent No. 321,448, dated July '7, 1885,

Application filed Apxil 15, 1885. (No model l To @ZZ whom t may concern.-

Be it known that l, STACY B. OPDYKE, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at New Haven, county ot' New Haven, and State of Connecticut, have invented new and useful Improvements in BottleStoppers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to nozzles which are provided with two openings each-one for liquid discharge and the other to let in air-in combination with valves or Stoppers arranged to close both openings simultaneously and to open them simultaneously. y

The said invention consists partly ina vertically-movable pair of Stoppers arranged ou opposite sides of a nozzle, a pair of openings in the top of the stopper arranged to be opened and closed thereby, and a handle or connecting-bar to which said Stoppers are attached in order that they may be operated as one.

lt also consists in the combination of a nozzle and stopper with aspringpressed friction device, which holds said stopper at any point to which it may be raised or lowered.

It also consists in a nozzle having two openings, in combination with two valves or stoppers acting together to open or close said openings, a guide-tube attached to said nozzle, and a sectional spring-pressed tube work-Y ing within said guidetube and holding said valves or Stoppers in any position to which they may be raised or lowered.

It also consists in certain additional features of construction and combination, as hereinafter particularly set forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents an elevation of a nozzle and stoppers embodying` my invention. Fig. 2 represents a vertical section of the same, taken through both Stoppers and bot-h openings. Fig. 3 represents a detail view of the sections of the friction-tube, the interposed spring and the bar whereby it is moved up and down within the guide-tube.

A designates a nozzle consisting of a cylindrical lower part adapted to be fitted to a bottle and a daring upper part which has openings A A in its top on each side. Then the bottle is tilted on one side, the opening on 5o the other side allows the inflow of air. Then the inclination of the bottle is reversed, this latter opening becomes the discharge aperture or outlet, and the other becomes the air-inlet.

B designates a guide-tube erected on the top of nozzle A and closed at its lower end just within the upper end ofsaid nozzle, leaving a passage on each side thereof from the openings A A?, respectively, to the cylindrical lower part of said nozzle. In the inside of this guide tube fits a friction-tube, C, longitudinally divided into two equal sections, which are forced apart against the interior of guide-tube B by a spring, D. This spring surrounds a stud, C', which extends inward from one of ,said sections. A bar, E, extends down within said friction-tube, and the lower end of said bar is provided with two lips, e, turned outward reversely to one another and arranged to enter transverse slots, c, in the sections of said friction-tube. The upper end of this bar is attached to a button or knob, F.

G designates a bent` bar or rod, the upper middle part of which is horizontal and attached to bar E. Said rod vextends laterally far enough on each side to avoid the guidetube B, then down parallel therewith through eyes formed on or attached to the side of the latter, then laterally out to points above the two openings A Az. There the said rod terminates, and its ends are provided with cap-shaped stopper-cases H, which contain the Stoppers or valves I, the latter being circular pads, of cork, rubber, or other suitable inaterial, the iirst mentioned being preferred. These are presented downward and securely held in the concavity of their cases H. When in their lowest position, they cover the openings A A2, and nothing can flow out of the bott-le. There would, however, be great risk of accidental displacement and leakage or discharge of the content-s in the absence of any provision for securely holding the Stoppers against the nozzle over said openings. It is for this purpose, in part, that my springpressed sectional friction-tube has been employed. The strength of said spring is sufcient to prevent said sectional tube from being forced out of the lowest position within the guide-tube by any ordinary accident, such as the upsetting of the bottle, and the interlocking of lips e with slots c prevents the stoppers I, rod G, and bar E from moving inde- IOO pendently. Nevertheless, a moderate pressure or pull of the operators hand on knob F will raise the stoppers sufficiently to uncover the openings A Agand allow the contents ofthe bottle to be poured out of either one of them. Vhen said knob is released, the spring and friction-tube, as before, suce to prevent any accidental change of place of the stoppers. Thus I am enabled to insure holding both the openings closed or opened, as may be needed.

These nozzles and stoppers are particularly serviceable with Vorcestershire-sauce bottles and others containing liquids which do not flow freely, as I am always able to insure a suiiicient supply of air through an opening different from that through which the .liquid flows.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is l. A nozzle having two openings in its top, in combination with a pair of vertically-operating stoppers and connecting devices, said stoppers being arranged over said openings, respectively, and operated together, substantially as set forth.

2. A nozzle provided with two openings, in combination with two stoppers, respectively, operating thereon, a rod or bar connecting the two, and a friction device which prevents the dislodgment of said stoppers, substantially as set forth.

3. A nozzle provided with two openings, in combination with two stoppers, respectively, operating thereon, a rod connecting the two, a bar attached to said rod, a sectional spring-pressed friction-tube attached to said rod, and a guide-tube attached to the nozzle in which said friction-tube is fitted, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In combination with a nozzle, a guidetube attached thereto, and a stopper or stoppers, a spring-pressed friction-tube moving with said stopper or stoppers, but preventing the accidental dislodgment thereof.

5. The bar E, having lips e, in combination with the sections of C, having slots e, that engage said lips, the spring D, surrounding a stud, c', that extends inward from one section of said tube, the guide-tube G, within which said tube C is fitted, and the stoppers and connecting devices which move with said bar E and are held by said friction-tube C, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

STACY B. OPDYKE.

. Vitnesses:

ABEL B. JAcocKs, SAML. ToLLEs. 

